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, offering a total of $75,000+H for women and $40,000+H for men in prize money respectively. It took place in Toyota, Japan, on 17–23 November 2014.

Men's entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 10 November 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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* Hiroki Kondo * Arata Onozawa *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Shintaro Imai *

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The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser: * Hiroyasu Ehara The following player received entry from a protected ranking: * Greg Jones

Women's entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 10 November 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Miyu Kato * Ksenia Lykina * Mari Tanaka *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Kanae Hisami *

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The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser: *

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The following player received entry from a protected ranking: * Chang Kai-chen

Champions

Men's singles

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6–4, 7–5

Women's singles

* An-Sophie Mestach def. Shuko Aoyama 6–1, 6–1

Men's doubles

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/ Yasutaka Uchiyama def.

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/ Yang Tsung-hua 7–6^(8–6), 6–2

Women's doubles

* Eri Hozumi /

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def. Shuko Aoyama / Junri Namigata 6–3, 7–5

External links

*
2014 Dunlop World Challenge
at ITFtennis.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunlop World Challenge, 2014

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